Diallo
A West African surname most famously associated with Fulani and related communities.
The #4,730 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 41,155 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Diallo is a West African surname widely found in Fulani-speaking communities, especially in the Sahel. It is generally treated as a family name of regional and ethnic association rather than one that can be neatly translated from a single modern English gloss. The spelling Diallo reflects French-based transcription practices for West African names, which is why it often appears in francophone countries and in diaspora records.
History
The surname is especially common in Guinea, Senegal, Mali, and neighboring countries, and it has spread widely through migration within West Africa and to Europe and North America. In francophone records, Diallo is one of the best-known Fulani surnames. In the United States it is a relatively recent immigrant surname, with visibility increasing through late-20th- and early-21st-century migration.
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Fun fact
In many francophone West African records, the same surname may be written in different ways depending on how local sounds were rendered in French spelling.